Leonardo is an entrepreneur and data scientist with a strong passion for AI and data analysis applied to the business world. He is co-founder and CEO of Bilanc, a startup that passed through Y Combinator (W24) and helps companies make better financial decisions thanks to AI. Before Bilanc, he worked in companies such as MoonPay and Babylon, contributing to the development of data-driven strategies and products. He studied in the W24 Batch at Y Combinator and earned a Master’s degree in Marketing Management from the Università degli Studi di Bergamo and a  Bachelor of Business Administration from Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

As a proactive entrepreneur, Leonardo’s achievements are marked by both his leadership skills and his technical expertise. At Bilanc, he successfully combines cutting-edge technology with innovative business strategies to develop products that stand out in the competitive landscape of AI and data science.

​Andrea is a Go-To-Market (GTM) Engineer specializing in Outbound Growth Analysis at Factorial in Barcelona. Originally from Genoa, Italy, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and completed a Master of Science in Management with a specialization in Strategic Marketing in Lisbon.

In his current role at Factorial, Andrea focuses on developing and implementing strategies to drive outbound growth, leveraging his expertise in technology and market analysis. He is particularly passionate about integrating technology with human capabilities to create value, with a keen interest in Revenue Operations and the digital supply chain

Damiano is a digital entrepreneur with extensive experience in the startup ecosystem and digital marketing. Active in the field since 2004, he began his career as a freelancer and later worked within communication agencies. In 2012 he founded his first startup, APPEATIT, which was backed by LVenture Group.

He has collaborated with the University of Cagliari as a tutor and lecturer in SEO and Semantic Web, and has contributed to educational programs such as Intraprendiamo and the Contamination Lab (Clab). He has also participated as a mentor in several startup acceleration programs, including B Heroes.

Since 2010, he has been sharing his insights and experiences through his blog damianocongedo.it and the project oneminutestartup.it, focused on stories of entrepreneurial failures. He is currently the CEO of SEO Pirates, a digital agency specialized in SEO and Google Ads.

Emanuela is a Staff Product Manager in AI for Cybersecurity at Sysdig, leading the development of Sysdig Sage, a generative AI assistant for cloud security.
She brings over 10 years of experience in tech innovation, combining AI, cybersecurity, and product leadership. Passionate about simplifying complexity, she drives execution across teams and empowers stakeholders. Emanuela is one of the Partners of The Liquid Factory, a startup studio based in the Italian Alps.
She previously co-founded two startups: TOK.tv (40M users, acquired in 2019) and AIDA Monitoring. A certified Scrum Product Owner, she’s skilled in Agile and digital strategy. She holds a patent and is a published author. A frequent speaker, she shares insights on AI, women in tech, and entrepreneurship. She has advised corporates and institutions on data-driven transformation.
Outside work, she enjoys photography and gaming.

Dalia Raafat is a Robotics Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, where she contributes to the development of advanced robotic systems for space exploration.
She holds a Master’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Genoa, earned summa cum laude in March 2023. During her academic journey, Dalia had the unique opportunity to complete her thesis at JPL under the mentorship of Michelle Easter, Mechatronics Engineer for the Mars Sample Return mission.
There, she designed, modeled, fabricated, assembled, and tested a sample containment and release mechanism intended for future Mars missions. With a deep passion for space robotics, Dalia continues to push the boundaries of innovation, working on technologies that will help shape the future of planetary exploration.
She is particularly interested in the intersection of mechanical design, automation, and mission-critical reliability.

Davide earned his Bachelor’s degree in Information Science and Technology from the University of Genova before completing a Master’s degree in Communication Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. Since November 2024, he has been a Young Graduate Trainee in Advanced RF Payloads and Remote Sensing at the European Space Agency (ESA).

Antonella Rubicco is the co-founder and CEO of A3Cube Inc, a company specializing in AI hardware and software design, sound engineering research, and automotive research.
She has hosted many Silicon Valley Study Tours over the past 10 years, mentoring many of the students who have attended.

Simone as Blockchain Business Consultant in KNOBS works on projects based on cutting-edge technologies in particular on Blockchain technology.
He graduated in 2022 from the Polytechnic of Turin in Management Engineering, since 2023 he is team lead of the SVST- Hackathon, a project created by our SVST Alumnus 2019 Michele Cipollone to promote innovative ideas among young students from all over Italy.

Graduated in Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic of Turin in 2012, Federico participated in 2 Silicon Valley Study Tours, in 2011 and 2012.
He has been working at aizoOn Tecnology Consulting since 2012. As a director of aizoOn Australia, he led the acquisition process, from the buyer side from start to finish, of Horizon Consulting, a company in Sydney. He evaluated over 10 companies in the same sector and of similar size before committing to the investment.
However he supervises the work of Horizon together with the role of Director of Cyber Security Activities at aizoOn.
Since July 2024 he is President of ai.Esra Start-up with disruptive technology in cyber risk management.

Assistant Professor at University of Rome Tor Vergata, his research focuses on novel robot designs, developing enabling technologies for challenging tasks in industry and healthcare.
Matteo holds a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cassino, Italy, and earned a European PhD in Mechanical and Biomechanical Engineering in 2019, with research stints at RWTH Aachen (Germany), the University of the Basque Country (Spain), and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan).
Since 2019, Matteo has been a Research Fellow at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology at the University of Nottingham, UK.
An IEEE and IFToMM member, Matteo has won multiple awards, including the IFToMM Young Delegate Program Award and several best paper honors. He also mentors aspiring students through the Lead the Future program.

Edoardo is the Co Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Stepful, a startup founded in 2021 that offers accelerated training programs for entry-level healthcare roles, such as medical assistants and pharmacy technicians. Before Stepful, Edoardo worked as an engineer at Apple, where he contributed to the international expansion of Siri, growing the team from 8 to over 100 people. His technology industry experience and leadership have played a crucial role in Stepful’s rapid development and growth.

Gabrile is a (Scientific) Software Engineer for the CliMA project at Caltech in Pasadena (CA). At CliMA, they develop robust and accurate open-source models for climate modeling in Julia.

Before taking this role, he completed his PhD in computational astrophysics at the Astronomy Department at The University of Arizona in Tucson (AZ), where he was a NASA Future Investigator for Space Sciences. He worked with Vasilis Paschalidis on various topics in gravitational physics. He used and extended the Einstein Toolkit to perform dynamical-spacetime simulations. His PhD was awarded the 2024 Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics.
He is a Lead the Future and Caltech mentor.

After graduating from PoliMi in Software Engineering, Stefan worked at Quora as a Product Software Engineer, optimizing the product and channels for user engagement and growth. Later on, he joined Red Sift, a UK-based scale-up, where he led the development of the Red Sift Radar, the first LLM for Cybersecurity. David, on the other hand, followed a more managerial path graduating in Economics and Management at Bocconi, and shortly working at The Techshop VC as an Investment Analyst Intern.

They shared with a friend a deep passion for the intersection of Technology and Education, which led the three in late 2023 to the founding of Flashka: a study platform boosting university students’ academic performance through a combination of AI and learning sciences. Supporting already more than 30.000 students around the globe, the startup is quickly growing both in funding and team.

PhD in Computer Science at University of Pavia, founder of Internet Graffiti in 1994 (the first Italian web company), then of STIGMA On-Line in 1997. The company built a web document management product (SolWeb Intra), which became the backbone for the Intranet of Kraft, Novartis, the Italian Broadcasting Television and the Italian Stock Exchange. He moved to Silicon Valley in 1999 where he founded 2 startups, Funambol (2002) and TOK.tv (2012), which became the model of the Liquid Company: HQ in Silicon Valley, Engineering in Italy.
He became Chief Innovation Officer of Minerva Networks after it acquired TOK.tv in 2019, then he moved back to Italy in his Valtellina in 2022, working remotely. In September 2024 he launched The Liquid Factory, a Startup Studio based in Sondrio to multiply the “Liquid Companies”.

Alessandro has spent the last 15 years working in the tech industry, beginning as an engineer and later becoming a captain. His experience spans companies of all sizes, from co-founding small startups with just three people to working for big tech firms.
Throughout his career, Alessandro has explored various domains within technology. He has navigated from the frontend’s “gardens” to the “dark caves” of infrastructure and the “swamps” of backend development, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the field.
Now, Alessandro is focused on transforming the role of managers. His mission is to eliminate traditional management structures by turning managers into captains—leaders who actively participate and engage with their teams.

Francesco is a Medical Biotechnologist with an expertise in statistical genetics and computational biology. He is an Associate Professor of Bioinformatics at the Università degli Studi di Pavia where he leads the Computational Genomics Laboratory.
Francesco has a broad range of experiences within academia and industry. He has worked at UCL in UK, in Denmark at Aarhus University first and then in QIAGEN Digital Insight, and finally again in UK for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency before moving to Pavia.
Francesco is always eager to build projects in his areas of expertise and is dedicated to advancing precision medicine and public health.
He has contributed to science policy expert groups and participated in initiatives for responsible innovation.

Young Medical Doctor, ready to drive change in the Healthcare sector. Resilient and risk taker at heart, at work but also in the sports that strengthen her bond with the wonderful Alps from which she is from!
At Nina Capital in Barcelona since September 2023 to May 2024, she worked on dealflow generation, data management, screening, and analysis of investment opportunities throughout healthcare technologies.
From June 2024 she is Syntropic Medical Founder’s Associate in Vienna.
Bachelor’s degree Medicine Surgery, Università di Padova in 2023.

Almost 40 years in the technology sector in companies such as Olivetti, Cisco and Linkedin, he has worked in engineering research and development departments and his skills range from IT architecture to network protocols, from Storage over Fabric to data center design/development .
He is passionate about Machine Learning algorithms and their applications.
In 2023 he founded Wonderminds to facilitate international entrepreneurs, startuppers and postgraduate students to meet technology experts in the Los Angeles area to inspire them and provide an opportunity to connect and get a sense of where technology is going , particularly when applied to the entertainment, clean technology or biomedicine segments

MSC in Information Technology in 2008, University of Udine, specialization at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (Dublin 2011), Harvard Business School (2017), Y Combinator (Startup School 2019), Stanford Continuing Studies (2020)-
In the last decade he worked in start-ups from Italy to Ireland and in the big tech companies of Silicon Valley: Facebook, Instagram, Evensi and TikTok. In 2021 he joined Confirm remote, and then moved to the New York office.
As of 2024 is Director of Software Engineering at Confirm.
If you need his help as a Startup Founder, book a call at https://deltoso.net/

From 2014 to 2021, he has been research staff member at IBM Research Almaden, in San Jose, where he founded and managed the department of Functional Genomic and Cellular Engineering. TED speaker with over 1M views, leader of one of 2018 IBM’s 5-in-5, the 5 projects which will change the world in the next 5 years according to IBM, and a honorary visiting lecturer for the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, for his standing in the field of dynamical systems and commitment to education. He serves on the board of the SFSU PINC program, which aims at increasing diversity and build inclusivity in the computational sciences.
His research bridges Biology with Engineering, the Physical Sciences and Computer Science, especially AI.
Master Physics Università di Pisa in 2004; PhD Physics, University of North Texas in 2007.

Daniel is passionate of mathematics and emerging technologies. He is founder of EWOR, NewNow, Sigma Squared Society, a TedX speaker and active tech investor >€500 M in valuations. He has a bachelor degree in theoretical mathematics at ETH Zurich and University of St Gallen and a master degree at University of Cambridge.

At Pinterest since 2018, with previous experiences at SAP, Google and Airbnb. She leads programs that ensure organizations reach their business goals through ongoing strategic initiatives. Her responsibilities include streamlining processes and resources to improve efficiency and effectiveness across projects and teams; ensuring that individual project objectives align with larger business goals; and working to mitigate and manage risk for an increased chance of success.

Alessandro speaks Mandarin, English, Python and C++. First-hand software engineering experience both in seed-stage startups ( Anyhelper, Shanghai ) and Big Tech ( Facebook, London ). Always walking off the well-worn path, looking for high-risk/high-reward opportunities. Bsc Computer Science Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. Volunteer and Musician.

Innovation specialist with 10+ years experience in startup advisory and mentoring, open innovation best practices, international project management, data and research, data visualization, UI and UX.
Eclectic and passionate, hard-working, detail-oriented but with a keen eye for the big picture.
Pragmatic and effective manager, contributed to the success of multi-million € projects.
Guest lecturer at top universities (Sant’Anna Pisa, Insubria, UPO) and innovation/technology forums (Scale-Up Forum Seville, ESOF), always open to collaborations. Silicon Valley Study Tour 2010 Alumnus . Top graduate with honours. “You must fall in love with your work” his mantra.

Laura is an Innovation eager, thrilled by international working environments.
She is attracted by the technical world, as well as by the business one. Her main goal is to make these two worlds communicate by acting as a bridge to match their needs and foster innovation.
Her life motto is: “Experience as much as you can to be open-minded”. That is why, during her studies, she took part in several extra-curricular activities, like the Silicon Valley Study Tour and the Boston Study Tour 2022, as a team leader. Previous experience at CNH Industrial. Education: Master degree in Innovation Management in Trento University and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa; MBA at College des Ingenieurs.

At Google Riccardo helps to shape the future of Personal AI and build solutions that are easy to use, always helpful, and accessible to everyone. Through natural interactions, contextual awareness, and human literacy – we have the opportunity to enable more people to have frictionless access to knowledge, boost creativity and productivity, and make things happen on users’ behalf.
Currently focusing on generative AI, LLMs, Bard, Assistant, Extensions, and enhancing AI capabilities.
Past professional experience at Microsoft and ZooX, Riccardo holds a Summa cum laude Degree in Design at Università degli Studi di Firenze.

Accomplished executive and entrepreneur with a proven track record of driving business growth and innovation. Currently in New York serving as CEO of Voxnest at iHeartMedia, leveraging extensive leadership experience to oversee strategic planning, operations, and revenue growth.
He helds a Master of Computer Engineering from Bologna University , where in 2015-2017 he was Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship.

Jean research lies at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Linguistics. My focus is on Machine Translation and Speech Technologies, and I am especially interested in applications to under-served and endangered languages. At Meta since 2019. Previous experience at Apple- Siri, PhD and Research assistant at University of Cambridge. Education at Genoa University, University of Cambridge and Imperial College London.

Rob is an innovative leader with 25 years of experience in the tech industry, dedicated to advancing cleantech digital transformation.
After the Engineering Degree at Politecnico di Torino, he was CIO at Comau and cofounder of aizoOn consulting technology, leading the USA branch.

Since 2022 Assistant Professor at University of California, San Francisco. He joined the Memory and Aging center in 2016 as a postdoctoral fellow. In 2016 PhD Medical Life Science and Technology at the Technical University of Munich.

Since 2021 Event manager at Meta via Magnit. Experienced trilingual event producer with a proven track record of successfully designing and managing 30+ impactful projects and events annually. Bachelor degree in Education at Università del Salento in 2012. Associate degree Accounting at Merritt College in Oakland (CA).

PhD in Physics cum Laude at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, in 2014.
From 2015 she has been Distinguished Researcher at Fermilab LHC Physics Center and Panofsky Fellow at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Assistant Professor at Stanford University since 2022.

Mattia has a strong experience in software engineering in different companies. He is passionate about working at the intersection of hardware and software, VR and AR. MSc in computer engineer at Università Politecnica delle Marche in 2014. Since 2017 at Facebook/Meta, and since 2021 he works as director of engineering at Instagram

Bachelor of Applied Science and Industrial Chemistry at Università degli Studi di Milano. Master of Science in Physical Chemistry at University of San Francisco in 2022. Since February 2023 at Tesla.

Michele has a strong experience in AI he worked in many companies like Irregular Expressions, Google, Bending Spoons, Stanford University.
Michele obtained the MSc in applied computing and information technology at University of Galway and a PhD in computer science at École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. He is a Lead the Future Mentor.

Irene is a Senior Investment Associate investing in people from day zero in an early-stage VC firm based in Silicon Valley, Lombardstreet Ventures. She sees 5000+ companies/year and invest in 15-20 of them. She is experienced in dealing with every aspect of a VC firm and deal process, working in a small but efficient team.
Irene obtained a MSc in communication science at Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna.

Luigi is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder of Data Masters, an innovative and fast-growing AI online school. Luigi is also an active investor and Venture Partner at BootstrapLabs, leading Venture Capital in Silicon Valley.
Luigi has gained experience in Web3, investing in the space in companies like Twig, and many other DeFi protocols.
Luigi graduated from the University of Napoli Federico II with a B.S. in Economics and obtained his Masters Degree in International Business from the Hult International Business School in San Francisco in 2013. He has lived in Spain, Ireland, and China during his career and is now based in Silicon Valley.
Luigi was featured in Forbes as one of the TOP 100 ITALIAN LEADERS UNDER 30 in 2018. He is also frequently invited to speak as a keynote and panel speaker on innovation, technology investing, entrepreneurship, and artificial intelligence.
As a well-respected figure in the startup community, Luigi is actively involved in multiple startup programs as an advisor.

Data Scientist with 5+ years of professional experience in different companies (Tubi, La Tote, CRIXIlabs) and Mentor at Lead the Future.
Master of Science in sound engineering and design in 2012 at Politecnico di Milano.

Royal Holloway, University of London bachelor, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Economics and Political Science Master 2023. Vezua Co-Founder , Bliss Now Board Member (AbuDhabi Emirate), European Commission Changemaker Task-Force Member.

Alumnus Silicon Valley Study Tour 2013, master degree in computer engineering at Università di Catania in 2012. Experiences as software engineer in California – Sysdig and Salesforce – and New York – Chime and Datadog.

Silicon Valley Study Tour Alumno 2012, PhD in Physics cum laude at Politecnico di Milano in 2018, researcher at Tufts University, Stanford University. MSCA researcher in IIT since July 2022.

Manager specialized in executing M&A transactions from deal origination to post-closing integration.
Mechanical Engineering M.S. at the Delft University of Technology, ranked #5 in the world on the subject; Cum Laude, Energy Engineering B.S. at the Sapienza University of Rome.
Published 4 academic papers, totaling 37k+ reads and 20 citations on ResearchGate.
Presented the works at the ECOS 2017 in San Diego (US) and at the ASME Turbo Expo 2018 in Oslo (NO). Fluent in six languages.

SVST 2015 Alumna when Pavia University BSc philosophy student. MSc in cognitive science and computational linguistics – language and multimodal interacation at Università di Trento in 2019. Experiences in Samsung, IBM, Fondazione Bruno Kessler. At Google since 2019.

Master ‘s degree in Statistical Science, Milano Bicocca University,
ECB Women’s Leadership Programme, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Economist Statistician at European Central Bank since 2016.

Alumnus Silicon Valley Study Tour 2014, computer science degree at Università di Torino in 2014. During the University he worked as a web and software developer. Thanks to Silicon Valley Study Tour in 2014 begins to work in Sysdig, the seventh employee.

Alumno SVST 2019, ESCP and Fudan University Master. Co-founder at Rita Personal Data.

Helping companies thrive through their digital and sustainable transformation. Past manager at Amazon and Vodafone, Bari Sprint Factory Startup Mentor. Silicon Valley Study Tour participant in 2011 when Industrial Engineering student at Politecnico di Torino.

Graduated at La Scuola d’Italia in New York and Imperial College in London, Master of Engineering Computer Science. Working at Google 2015-2018 than Senior Research Engineer at DeepMind in London.

Alumnus Silicon Valley Study Tour 2017, Master of Science Business Administration Padua University 2018, SVST guide of CUOA MBA students in 2018 and 2019. Ismaele is Manager at Google Dublin since October 2021.

How a startup can be born from these webinar series. The young story of PickEat told by the founders and the mentor.

30 years tech journalist experience, since 2010 founder of Italiani di Frontiera project and guide of Italiani di Frontiera Silicon Valley Tour for managers and entrepreneurs.

After attending the Silicon Valley Study Tour 2009, Pietro held his Master in Microelectronics at Politecnico di Bari in 2010. Staff Engineer at SLAC, National Accelerator Laboratory from 2010 to 2018, from 2022 is Electrical Engineering PhD at Stanford University.

A creative and innovative professional with several years experience in IT Development working with international companies. Founder of CleverFi at Austin (Texas) and Solutions Director of Launchmetrics (NY)

MS in Computer Science at Stanford University, Computer Engineering degree summa cum laude at University of Bologna. Success story as an intern at Yahoo! (Sunnyvale), he worked in Microsoft (Redmond and Beijing), co-founded GoPago (San Francisco) and sold its technology to Amazon. After returning to Italy he co-founded Conio, startup leader in Italy in safe custody and management of cryptocurrencies, with shareholders such as Poste Italiane and Banca Generali.
Believing strongly in the “Giving Back” principle, he taught Computer Science pro bono to High School students in Abruzzo, where he is from. In 2022 he co-founded ./cogita, non-profit association to boost Computer Science prowess among Italian students.
In 2021 he joined INPS (Social Security and Welfare Administration of the Republic of Italy) as Head of Technological Innovation and Digital Transformation.

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and infrastructure industry in Silicon Valley: start up like Brave IT Solutions and PLUM Grid; Big Companies VMware, Docker, Google.

MSc in Medicine biotechnology at Università Federico II di Napoli, PhD in molecular biology at University of Vienna.
Since 2019, she is Lead Instructor, CME-accredited Certificate in Epigenomics for telemedicine practitioners.
Moreover she is R&D Genomics Lead at Metagenics and Lecturer at Stanford University.

MSc in computer Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and University of Illinois Chicago in 2015. He was for 3 years full stack engineer at Dropbox, before joining in 2019 Material Security- protects accounts even after they’re compromised or harmful messages get through- as a Software engineer.

Alumna SVST 2013, MSc in computer science at Università di Catania. Software developer in many companies (among the other Quintly, Leapforce, RebellMouse). Since 2020 support engineering manager Humio – EMEA (acquired by CrowStrike).

Alumno SVST 2015, MSc in medical biotechnology and molecular medicine at Università di Bari, PhD in biotechnologies for human health at Università del Piemonte Orientale, BSc in physic and mathematics at the Open University, postdoctoral courses at Bergen, Oslo and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Lindau Nobel Fellow. He has a scientific background in medical physics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, nanotechnology, nanomedicine and regenerative medicine. Startupper and since 2021 at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.

Alumno SVST 2009, MSc in telecommunication engineering at Politecnico di Torino in 2008, Master of technology at Tampere University in 2009. 10+ years of experience in sales and business development in the fintech startup industry, in US and Europe. Since 2018 at TrueLayer, a global open banking platform.

Alumno SVST 2013, MSc in business administration, management and operations at Università del Piemonte Orientale in 2015. Extensive experience in in helping tech startups working around blockchain, IoT, AI, big data, drones, tackling social and environmental issues, as well as supporting impactful projects; he supported 200+ entrepreneurs and involved in mentoring & coaching sessions for startups and scaleups. Currently helping Swisspod from Switzerland using Hyperloop tech to revolutionize cargo transportation. Lorenzo launched 7 accelerator programs across different continents since 2019 at Techstar, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed.

MBA at Istituto Adriano Olivetti in 2004. Long experience as problem solver, sales and marketing, in big companies like IBM, Linkedin, Cisco. Since 2018 at Meta.

BSc in business administration at Università degli Studi di Torino and University of Florida in 2009, MBA at Sydney University in 2011, data processing and data processing technology/technician at Standord University in 2015. Extensive experience in sourcing of investments and acquisition opportunities, due diligence, corporate financials, and deal modeling. Since 2021 at Lyft.

BSc in industrial engineering at Università degli Studi di Padova in 2005, MSc in management engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2007. 10 years experience in planning, forecasting, FP&A, competitive analysis, business intelligence, account management, contract negotiation, relationship building, problem solving, animation, video editing. Since 2014 at Google.

Alumna SVST 2015, MSc in Applied Mathematics for Engineering at Politecnico di Torino in 2017. TEDx Torino speaker, formerly data scientist in Intesa Sanpaolo and aizoOn, now EdTech specialist and content creator in Educational Robotics and innovative teaching methods for companies such as Mondadori Education, Bricks4Kidz and Fondazione CRT. Excited to build her own startup in EdTech.

Dario is a seasoned enterprise product leader and entrepreneur with 15 years of B2B experience, spanning from wearable devices to Artificial Intelligence, Collaboration and IoT Cloud services. He holds a MSc in Computer and Information Sciences from University of Bologna (2007) and an MBA from SDA Bocconi (2011). Dario has been at Cisco since 2016 and led several innovation initiatives.

Awarded Design Executive, IoT pioneer, patents contributor, based in Palo Alto (CA).
Four startups; Two books; Leandro was involved in the design of early mobile UX, eye-tracking based interaction, full-body animated digital assistants, industrial IoT, and now designing immersive experiences.

Doctor mathematics at Università di Pavia, MBA at University of Utah, Micromaster data, Economics and Development policies at MIT. Entrepreneur with extensive management experience, among others in IBM, HP. Since 2018 at Guavus, company at the forefront of AI-big data analysis. Since 2021 Vice President and board member at SVIEC Foundation.

Bachelor in American English, theater and film at UCLA, interior design-architecture at UC Berkeley, film-communication at City College of San Francisco. At Apple from 2000 to 2021: advertising project coordinator, video communications specialist, project manager. In 1996 founds 1000 Hearts Production.

MSc in telecommunication engineering at the University of Genoa, Bachelor of Engineering and economics at Télécom Paris in 2010. Active internationally since 2007, he led innovative projects since 2010 and supported the launch phase and the scale-up of several startups since 2014. Since 2021, VP of Biz Dev at Kellify, the science-centric scale-up that comprehends the world through images.

BSc in material engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2009, MSc in materials and manufacturing engineering at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet and Imperial College London in 2012. 10 years experience in highly innovative companies like Airbus; since 2020 CEO at Feedel Ventures, the first startup studio connecting Italy to the world.

MSc in mathematics and statistic at Università di Siena in 1984, PhD in operation research at Siena-Yale-MIT. Between 1992 and 2000 professor at University of Siena, UC Berkeley, Santa Clara University. Visionary, strategist and start-up team builder in several companies since 1999. Since 2021 at Minerva CQ, company that delivers the next generation of CX cross channels.

Alumna SVST 2017, MSc in innovation management at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in 2018, ESADE & SVST 2018 guide, marketing program manager at Cloud4Wi. At Nestlè IT graduate program since 2020.

Up to 2020 data science consultant and manager in aizoOn. Since 2018 co-
founder of Beltmap, startup to help blind people thanks to sensor technology. Since
2021 Technical Innovation Project Manager at Italian Ministry for Technological
Innovation and Digital Transition, Digital Transformation Department.

Computer science engineering degree in Bologna University, PhD at Stanford
University. He started working in Microsoft before co-founding Gopago in San
Francisco. Sold Gopago to Amazon, he came back to Italy, where he co-founded
Conio, today leader in Crypto-currencies, with shareholders like Poste Italiane and
Generali. Believing strongly in the “Give Back” he is computer science teacher pro
bono in the Technical School of Teramo, where he studied.
Since 2021 he is Head of Technological Innovation and Digital Transformation at INPS.

Angelo Bononi, Industrial Chemical Doctor from Milano Statale University. Extensive experience in Technology Transfer and Contract Research held in Battelle Memorial Institute in Swizerland, Extramet in France, Consortium Ruvaris and CNR IRCRES in Italy. “Technology Dynamics” book writer.

Paolo Marenco, Electrical Engineer, Founder of La Storia nel Futuro in 1999 and Silicon Valley Study Tour 2005, after the leadership of four Innovation Centers in Italy, since 1986: Genova Ricerche, Tecnoparco del Lago Maggiore, Pont-Tech, Cestec, and one IT Company, aizoOn.

Elisa, BA MA Advanced School of Modern Languages Bologna University, MBA UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Milaner Founder Craftsmanship-driven luxury brand from Italy and France after product marketing and international growth experiences (Square, Yik Yak).

Andrea, Silicon Valley Study Tour Alumnus 2017 and Dreamteam member.
Marketing agency founder, Head of Growth of Milaner since 2019 and now Advisor. Currently Growth Manager at Bending Spoons.

Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering Genoa University 2010, Extensive Marketing and Product Experience in US: Object Design, BEA Systems, Oracle, Keas, Mobileiron, Skyhigh Networks, McAfee, VMware since 1997.Food Blogger VivaLaFocaccia since 2009.

Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages, Literature and Modern Cultures at University of Turin; organizer of TEDxTorino’s events since 2017.

Major roles: The Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Chair, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California Berkeley, since 1976; Co-founder, CTA and Member of the Board of Director of Cadence Design Systems, since 1983. Great inspirational host of Silicon Valley Study Tour Groups in UC Berkeley, since 2007

Master’s Degree Automotive Engineering at Pisa University and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in 2010. Visiting Scholar Fermilab and the Ohio State University. Tesla Senior Systems Engineer 2011-2016. Comma.ai 2016-2020.

Master’s Degree Biomedical Engineering at Federico II Napoli University in 2010. P.h.D. at RWTH Aachen University in 2014. Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University 2014-2017.

Computer Science Engineer at Bologna University in 2016 and UC Davis in 2015. Linkedin Engineering and Service
Infrastructure team Member from 2016 to 2020. In 2017 cofounder of LeadTheFuture, to empower top-performing Italian students to achieve their goals and contribute to their communities.

BA Economics Università Bocconi, Ph.D. Economics Stanford University, Past visiting Professor at Università Bocconi. Co-founder at Auctionomics with Paul Milgrom, Stanford Professor.

MSc Aerospace Engineer at Padova University, Silicon Valley Study Tour 2011 Alumnus, Facebook Product manager from 2014 to 2019, after an experience in Amadeus, Sophia Antipolis.

PhD in Bioscience Padua University, Since 2009: Post-Doc in stem cells in Stanford University Medical School, S18 YCombinator and S19StartX Accelerators with Dorian startup. @Dorian since 2018

SVST 2008 Alumnus when Genoa University Student. Since 2011: PhD@EPFL Lausanne, Post Doctoral Fellow, Co- Founder Zaphiro Technologies. @Zaphiro since 2017

SVST 2011 Alumnus when Politecnico di Torino Student. Since 2012: I3P, Treatabit, Vivocha San Francisco, CNH Industrial. @ESADE business School – Barcelona since 2015

President Alumni Innovaction Lab, Co- founder Stamplay (Roma San Francisco) sold to Apple in 2019. @Claris since 2019

SVST 2007 Alumnus when Genoa University Student. Since 2010: MBA INSEAD, EDF, Boston Consulting Group, Mentor and Professional Coach. @Oracle since 2019

PhD Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences@UC Berkeley.
Since 2012: intern at United Technologies Corporation, Graduate Student Researcher & Instructor at UC Berkeley.
@Camozzi Group in Berkeley since 2018.

SVST 2013 Alumna when Genoa University Student. Since 2013: Tech Scout in Silicon Valley, SVST guide, Horus Technology, Vertical, TaskRabbit. @Dropbox since 2018

20 years in Silicon Valley, Reuters, Funambol and TOK.Tv founder. @Minerva Networks since 2019

SVST 2015 Alumna when Pavia University Student. Since 2017: Samsung, IBM, Fondazione
Bruno Kessler. @Google Ireland since 2019

SVST 2005 Alumnus when Genoa University Student. Since 2006: internship@UC Berkeley, Hitachi Rail, Hyperloop One. @Google Waymo since 2018

20+ years in Silicon Valley, PDI Dreamworks, co-founder Curious Hat. @Google since 2014

A3Cube, HQ in San Jose, Silicon Valley, operations in Ticino Park, develop new Machine Learning algorithms and design and produce innovative data processing systems.

PhD computer engineering Politecnico di Torino, from 2004 to 2011 Cisco Silicon Valley, SVST host. MBA INSEAD in 2010. @Breed Reply since 2014.